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SubjectRe: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 07/22] scsi: iscsi: Fix race condition between login and sync thread
On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 12:24:32PM -0500, Mike Christie wrote:
> On 4/5/21 11:04 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > From: Gulam Mohamed <gulam.mohamed@oracle.com>
> >
> > [ Upstream commit 9e67600ed6b8565da4b85698ec659b5879a6c1c6 ]
> >
> > A kernel panic was observed due to a timing issue between the sync thread
> > and the initiator processing a login response from the target. The session
> > reopen can be invoked both from the session sync thread when iscsid
> > restarts and from iscsid through the error handler. Before the initiator
> > receives the response to a login, another reopen request can be sent from
> > the error handler/sync session. When the initial login response is
> > subsequently processed, the connection has been closed and the socket has
> > been released.
> >
> > To fix this a new connection state, ISCSI_CONN_BOUND, is added:
> >
> > - Set the connection state value to ISCSI_CONN_DOWN upon
> > iscsi_if_ep_disconnect() and iscsi_if_stop_conn()
> >
> > - Set the connection state to the newly created value ISCSI_CONN_BOUND
> > after bind connection (transport->bind_conn())
> >
> > - In iscsi_set_param(), return -ENOTCONN if the connection state is not
> > either ISCSI_CONN_BOUND or ISCSI_CONN_UP
> >
> > Link: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210325093248.284678-1-gulam.mohamed@oracle.com__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!Jiqrc6pu3EgrquzpG-KpNQkNebwKUgctkE0MN1MloQ2y5Y4OVOkKN0yCr2_W_CX2oRet$
> > Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
>
>
> There was a mistake in my review of this patch. It will also require
> this "[PATCH 1/1] scsi: iscsi: fix iscsi cls conn state":
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/20210406171746.5016-1-michael.christie@oracle.com/T/#u
>
>

I don't see this in Linus's tree yet, so we can't take it until then :(

thanks,

greg k-h

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